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SES Government Solutions Lands Additional MEO Beam Task Order with U.S. Department of Defense

SES announced today that SES Government Solutions (SES GS), a wholly
owned subsidiary of SES, signed a five-year task order with the U.S.
Department of Defense (DoD). Under the agreement, an additional
satellite beam will enable access to real-time information for
better-informed, life-saving decisions in the field for key U.S.
Government end-users. The additional connectivity will be provided via
SES’s Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) O3b fleet as part of a high throughput,
low latency satellite communications solution SES GS is providing to the
U.S. DoD.

Operational benefits of the solution include the capability to transfer
large files from remote locations in just minutes instead of hours.
Cloud-based applications and information can be used anywhere in the
service area. End-users will be able to view simultaneous High
Definition videos providing situational awareness to commanders.

“Last year we won the first MEO-enabled satellite connectivity contract
for the DoD, and we’ve been supporting our U.S. Government mission
partner every step of the way since,” said Pete Hoene, President and CEO
at SES Government Solutions. “The customer has been very pleased with
the service our extended SES Networks team has provided, hence the
desire to proceed with an additional beam.”

SES is the world-leading satellite operator and the first to deliver a
differentiated and scalable GEO-MEO offering worldwide, with more than
50 satellites in Geostationary Earth Orbit (GEO) and 12 in Medium Earth
Orbit (MEO). SES focuses on value-added, end-to-end solutions in two key
business units: SES Video and SES Networks. The company provides
satellite communications services to broadcasters, content and internet
service providers, mobile and fixed network operators, governments and
institutions. SES’s portfolio includes the ASTRA satellite system, which
has the largest Direct-to-Home (DTH) television reach in Europe, O3b
Networks, a global managed data communications service provider, and
MX1, a leading media service provider that offers a full suite of
innovative digital video and media services. SES is listed on the
Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange (Euronext Paris:SESG)
(LuxX:SESG). Further information available at: www.ses.com